Late Preterm Infants: Birth Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in the First Year

2010135 citationsJournal Article

Authors

T. Mac Bird · College of Healthcare Management

Janet Bronstein · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Richard Hall · Pediatrics and Genetics

Curtis L. Lowery · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Richard Nugent · Arkansas Department of Health

Glen P. Mays

Abstract

LPIs are at increased risk of poor health-related outcomes during their birth hospitalization and of increased health care utilization during their first year.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Infant Development and Preterm Care Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-beingNo poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 126, Issue 2, pp. e311-e319

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2869

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